Vacuum cash carrier



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VACUUM CASH CARRIER. No. 341,826. Patented May 11, 1886.

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S. W. BARR.

VACUUM CASH CARRIER.

No. 341,826. Patented May 11, 1886.

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u Lllhagmplmr. wmimm llrvirnn TAT Es Parana SAMUEL XV. BARR, OFMANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'HALF TO XVILLIAM H. ALBAOH, OF SAMEPLACE.

VACUUM CASH-GARNER.

SPIEQ'IFIGATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. SQLSZG, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed J anuary 4, 1856.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL \V. BARR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vacuum Cash-Carriers;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon,which forni apar -of this specification.

Figure l. of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinalsectional view of my device, showing the same applied to a portion of aceiling. Fig.Qisalongitudinalsectionalview. Figs. 3 and L are detailside elevations. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views; and Figs. 8 and aresectional detail views.

This invention relates to caslrcarriers; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the caiins.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates theceiling, and B the wall, of the room in which the cash-carrier is to beerected for use.

L designates a pipe or tube, which is screwed at its upper end into acasting or plate, L, secured to the ceiling, and is curved near itslower endin the direction in which the trackwire Eis to be stretched.Inits upper portion the pipe L is provided with a Spiral spring, I],which is made fast at its upper end to the casting or plate L by a nutor washer, L. At its lower end this spiral spring L is provided with anannular block, O,whicl1 fits the interior of the pipe L, and theoperating or draw rope H is secured to this block 0 by an eyebolt, O andsaid rope H passes down through a slot, H, in the curved portion of thepipe L, and is provided at its lower end with ahandle, H by which tooperate the plunger J at the lower end of the curved rod K, the upperend of which rod K is connected to the block 0. The tube or pipe L isprovided in one side, near its middle portion, with a slot or opening,P, through which the lower end of a curved spring, 1?, secured to theoutside of the tube Serial No. 187,567. (No model.)

L, projects and regulates the amount of force to be exerted necessary topropel the car from one station to another. The pipeLis provided belowthis opening I with a number of screwholes, Q, in cit-her of which theset-screw Q, maybe placed to gage the distance the block 0 shall traveldownwardly when the rope H is operated to propel the car along the trackwire.

N is a brace-wire, connected to the tube L and to the ceiling, to steadythe pipe and to counteract the forces resulting from operating the drawrope or wire H. At the other end of the traclvwire 1*) is a horizontaltube, M, which is screwed intoaseat in the vertical wall of the room, orin a post or other upright located at the place where it is desired thatthis end of the track-wire shall terminate. The track wire E passeshorizontally through the tube M, and is'secured to the vertical wall orother upright in any suitable substantial 1nan nor. Vithin this tube Mare the plunger-rods J to the forward end of which the plunger J issecured. Thcbumper or head-block R, for this tube M, is located at theforward end thereof, and has a central opening or hole,R,for the passageof the track-wire. A spiral spring, L, encircles the plunger-rods J'",and bears against therea'r end of thchead-block 't, which is threadedand screwed into the forward end of the tube M. In its under side theheadblock It is provided with a pulley, S, over which the draw-rope Sruns. This draw-rope S extends back to the disk S", at the rear ends ofthe plunger-rods, said disk connecting the plunger-rods and being alsoperforated for the passage of the track-wire. The draw-rope has a handleat its lower end, and is operated by pulling down to shoot the plungerforward, the spiral encirclingspring serving to return the plunger toits normal position. In its under side the head-block R is provided witha recess, S, in which a grooved pulley, S, is journaled, and over thispulley S the draw-rope S runs. The rear end of the draw-rope S isconnected to the disk SZ'at the rear ends of the plunger-rods, said diskS connecting the rear ends of the plunger-rods, and being provided-witha central hole, S for the passage of the traclcwire F. The draw-rope Shas a handle at its lower end, and is operated by tion-bumper, which isalso provided with holes 0, through which the horizontal trackwire Epasses. Within this annular case is jonrnaled a larger grooved wheel,(Z, which rides upon the t1'ackwire E, and beneath the track-wire E aretwo smaller grooved wheels, ef, which bear against the under side of thetrack-wire, and these three wheels guide the car in its travels fromstation to station along the track-wire. In its under side the case a isprovided with adrawer or receptacle, h, in which the cash-drawer i forthe car is placed, said cash-box having ribs Z along its sides, whichfit into grooves m m, near the lower edges of the drawer-receptacle.This cash-car is driven from station to station by pulling quickly uponthe draw-rope, which projects the plunger, and the plunger projects thecar from one station to another desired station, where the cash-drawermay be removed and the desired amount of cash either placed in thedrawer to be removed at another station, or, if already in the drawer,may be removed. Small parcels may be also carried in the cashdrawer, ifdesired. The head-blocks at each station are provided at theirsides withflat springs s s, which project forward from said head-blocks, andbetween which springs s s the cash-car is received and prevented fromrebounding to any material degree when the car strikes the head-bloekafter having been projected along the track-wire from one station toanother.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the tube L, having the upper straight portionand the lower curved portion provided with the head-block, of the spiralspring L, with block 0 at its lower end, the curved rod K, with plungerat its lower end, the regulating-spring P, the draw-rope H, and thetrack-wire, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with the horizontal pipe M, with head-block, plunger,and plungerrods encircled by the interior spiral spring, of the pulleyin the head-block and the drawrope connected to the spiral spring andrunning over the pulley in said head-block, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with thehead-block and track-wire, of the sidesprings connected to the head-block, substantially as specified.

4. The combinatioinwith the hollow case a. having the aligned holes I)b, the rubber band if, and the cash-drawer in itslower side, of thelarger upper grooved wheel and the two smaller lower grooved wheelswithin said hollow case, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the tube L, having the upper straight portionand the lower curved portion provided with the head-block, the spiralspring L", with block 0 at its lower end, the curved rod K, with plungerat its lower end, the regulating-spring P, d raw-rope H, and track-wire,of the horizontal pipe M, with head-block, plunger, and plunger-rodsencircled by the internal spiral spring,the pulley in the head-block,and the draw-rope connected to the spiral spring and running over thepulley in the head-block, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL XV. BARR.

lVitnesses:

F. M. ETTINGER, I. S. DONNELL.

